Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum will close at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and be closed all day Saturday, April 4 in advance of the Spring Exhibitions Opening. Join us for the opening

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Jan 10 1:00 PM

Kids writing in the galleries

826LA@Hammer: I, Me, Mine: First-Person Fictional Monologues

Write your own monologue from the perspective of a fictional character! Students will learn to embody a character of their own creation, and write from that character's perspective. Led by UCLA alum JP Cavender.

Sun Jan 11 11:00 AM

Bathers on a beach

Exactitude is Not Truth: Matisse Breaks Through

Art historian John Walsh shows how Matisse was seduced by light and color on the Riviera and pushed them to new extremes.

Sun Jan 11 3:00 PM

Part of the series Matisse’s Surprises, with John Walsh

Black-and-white image of the back of a person's head with short black hair, pointing a metal object at another figure wearing a black suit and hat

Nicole-Antonia Spagnola: 1-2-3: Apartment Gallery

Made in L.A. 2025 artist Nicole-Antonia Spagnola’s short film 1-2-3: Apartment Gallery (2025) loops on the big screen in the Billy Wilder Theater.

Tue Jan 13 11:00 AM

Scene of people surrounding an old time air pump

Lunchtime Art Talk on Valentine Green

Grunwald Center director and chief curator Naoko Takahatake leads an in-person discussion of Valentine Green's work.

Wed Jan 14 12:30 PM

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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Jan 15 12:30 PM

A man and woman hold hands and look into each other's eyes

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Story of a Small Town

A man recently released from prison falls in love with a mute woman in this Taiwanese film, whose theme song “Small Town Story” became one of the first major pop hits to enter Mainland China after its 1978 economic opening.

Fri Jan 16 7:30 PM

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Special Programs Music & Performance

Will Rawls: Unmade

Made in L.A. artist Will Rawls performs in the Hammer's courtyard and gallery spaces, reflecting on notions of resource-sharing and social choreography.

Sat Jan 17 12:00 PM

Brightly colored painting of a sad teddy bear riding a car along a road

Exhibition Highlights Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2025.

Sat Jan 17 1:00 PM

A girl works on an art project

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Jan 17 1:00 PM